Show lIE WOnK OF BIRDS AWKS ACT AS RAT AND soumntJL THAIS r rmr no1 l tsaltstaI of Iklol TfllllnoHn roe least niiil IVoblly Tell II seke5i 55oe1 t ntsls misas mm th5ee5eu5 1 Onn morning rwnlly farmer Ho olvfd It llallsleivl of Klktand town shIp Ia now n large whltwhrcasU hawk dart Into n MhlOM window near the peak of o wagon barn Hint lie hued nlshed building I n few f day I ifom I II utajnl for n spoil then oanra out Ith a rat In each iluw and the In hereoteil l farmer watohnl It till It mat neither hawk In mldalr 1 Ilia two cIrcled and undulated ride bj kle for a 10011 when the one with thus rail wmimrd Hi flight toward tho forest lin othor hnwk Immediately pointed foe the Urn idiot through tho wino win-o r flltto out u tow second later with a etrugcllnir rat In rach talon ljut nre and nulled oil In tlio I iamo direction Mr HallsUnd dtnrlcil to tall hula wile txtit what he had nwn whon till hawk or n pair exactly like them 1ew Into thin Imrn window mind ram I out hortly with tliolr olaw full of qtHnllnjf rate Ilivro was no grain a hay In lie now Imrn nnd the farmer wondorwd wlirrn all tho rats cam rom lln wan also Into qtmnlory at to how the fierce forest bird know where to IInl I tlm rail stolen n roof On going Into the upper part of the tarn Mr Itallatoad MW scores of rats camjttrlng around l on the floor says Iho Ihlnllo Time nnd tho mystery 01 f tliclr piwoneo wait wdvod Two ilfchti iMfom a diiy nr no niter tho harts wa roinjilclHil tho jounit 10 I 110 of thus townnhlp hail a Imll on the upper lloor lists jwund ru lli4 hrosughit > iwckit sit 1 K > irorn to thn arty and Imtneen tho ilancon they at IIn rough woodon IrancliM aol minchnl It with tliclr > nrtnon When ha ball hroUn up I lists of tho x > xorn wa hell and tho rural men inakom throw It at one nnothor till the floor wan covered lust rat In tho other turns roan got went of tho fragrant Popcorn and hwnnnod Into tho now lulMlnir aftor Its hilt l how thus hawk ascertaIned that tho rut wore thIn th-In largo numlicrti nona of hue mnart local naturalUU were ahlo to loll Mr llaililnoda dneiiltched Into tho our footed orncator and tho fierce rate twunitMl iixin him hit hi now mil ears till till blwid ran mud Mint litm ynljilntf down tho Main hiss farmer wont at tho rain with a shovel ansI tlioy ran up lilt clothing 1 and II 1 orrod him to clear out Thny bit ion i-on the curs uiul neck Ixtoro ho could nlmko thom oil nnd ho duel < l1 to let thorn alone Atduik that night ho law two owl flirt through thin window and tall out with four rail llio hawk continued to dart Into thin haunts fovernl tImes a day and they always itcerod fur tho woodi with tliolr dawn full Uh n Use UMiil Mr at > n > y ccaMxl to coma not a rat was to loll seen In tho barn nlthoujh u lot of the popcorn till remalnwl on the lloor A barn Iwlonflny to Ijlgnr Iulnnin uDrli FIJflltollll of Sugar Loch hill burnod ansI tho next day mi army of rat Hocked Into Mr 1utnami hoimo and attacked l lisa baby In Urn missIle Mr Iutnam woe working In tho ItutUiry und tho I cries of ho Infant wern no dllTeren rom vrlml they ijonerully were thai she riiidiwl to It In great liuito She found rut clltnhlng and iiunhlng ono nnothor all ever the cradle A taunt lion hawk namod Dlik win doing hit I host to protect I the lutby by oatolilnj I hhI ol = rI thin rat right aiusl loft giving I intel a xuo za and then dropping It Mr Iutnam nolrcd hor little ono ansi tarted for this neat room lIsa rorIOII riKlant clung to her skirt and Iso lutwk pulled them oil ant l > liuhed 1 them fatally norklni n t though ho know that tho Infant wn In danger Dlilc Iappvd nnd hoppw nnd lung the rut around until Mrs rutnam cot out of tho room on Illinii any of them clinging to heir tlothlng llio holploM llttlo child 1 was bully liltlon on hue faro and haul un1 Mr I rutnam mid afterward that tho bloodthirsty rate would aurol hiui klllo1 the Imbv K hun wit hfiil luiwk had I not oulle Into thorn ulmoit mu noon in thoy Iwarm1 Into limit IIOIIM VliiMi Mr Putnam ruturned to thin niomlHck win ntlll killing rat am hum didnt lot up until moro than thirl lay ileiul on tho llocir A pair of rod iiulrrtil took isim I their itlxido In lni liu Kvlker roo I dunco on Ileaiant ulnwm At time they niiido n grvat racket nvor th celling nnd iMtneon tho Ilirtltloin I Ono of thin family foil kk and ltuo noKo of tIme playful r wiuirrol nirnlo I her wry lummmiiml wakeful oicry night A laIr of black walnut tries In th front jnrxl hud U 1 < en tlm moan 01 cimilng tho qiilrrid to Mttlo In th hoUM or tho winter Mr Kelku found more than u blloholor l nut under tho MVunil shmusy Hour 111111 bo noatli n plank walk botuevn the IIOUHQ and l ntreot the irold len Illtlu iinlmn luul I ktonxl up n K > ek moro lImo I nelnhUirly miilrruU w < > ru not con Mitwl In any burt of llm dwelling I they MNiuii < rcd all in or the houiw tueon lImo roomi their nightly raluur lug and barking Dually Iwoomln un I Iwiiialilo to the Intalld nnd Mr 1 1ulkur dccldttl tn aerlAee them for her wiko lie Ht Hire truths In tho garret lint the siutrrol luul o much natural fsuuost littd nnay that I tlioy wouldnt loads any kind of halt llio I cut roulJn get ut the noUy little nut gnllifrern thu use of > ol ou win out of tha tM Ilion I-lion limotFinally onto nf thse nolghlxirabniuir u pat Imwk to Mr I Kulkor ind plneet U 1 on u bourn III tho garrett lime bin hadnt been fJ In two day moist It wiunt a lilt good imtured U sat ttlll though and whon Mr I sutksr went up at sundown to food It It soon In iso same Mnitinn Mil It hadnt mulaed on It lmomsh nil the lime forte Ih for-te akin of the squirrels lay on the oof the hawks craw wa ehovkful In ayf worn l > rllit and It wan In the very boil of humor The annojlnt 1101 M > manl at alien and the patient lgan tn mcnrnr right away |